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  • How thousands of Americans got caught in fintech’s false promise and lost access to bank accounts

    07/03/2024 8:36:21 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 18 replies
    CNBC ^ | July 3, 2024 | Hugh Son
    KEY POINTS: * For customers, fintech promised the best of both worlds: The innovation, ease of use and fun of the newest apps combined with the safety of government-backed accounts held at real banks. * The collapse of middleman Synapse has revealed fintech’s promise of safety as a mirage. More than 100,000 Americans with $265 million in deposits have been locked out of their accounts. * The implications of this disaster may be far-reaching. The most popular banking apps in the country, including Block’s Cash App, PayPal and Chime, partner with banks instead of owning them. * CNBC reached out...
  • Mystery of Noah’s Ark Solved!...The shape of the ark has been a puzzle for millennia. Until now.

    08/01/2022 12:19:25 PM PDT · by Red Badger · 147 replies
    https://www.tabletmag.com ^ | JULY 25, 2022 | MICHAEL LIND
    What was the shape of Noah’s Ark? For millennia Jewish and Christian clerics, scholars, and academics, as well as others with too much time on their hands, have pondered this question. Artist rendering of the one true shape of Noah’s Ark, scientifically provenILLUSTRATION: JON BERKELEY What makes it tantalizing is the precision of the numbers in Genesis 6 (here, in the King James translation): [13] And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. [14] Make thee...
  • What Is Your Favorite Pi Math Question? [Vanity]

    03/14/2019 2:04:52 PM PDT · by Reno89519 · 85 replies
    FreeRepublic ^ | March 14, 2019 | Reno89519
    Yes, today is Pi Day! What is your favorite Pi math question?